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________________ is an organized body of knowledge.
Science
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A hypothesis is tentative statement about a relationship between _____________ or ________________.
observable facts, events
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A ______________relationship is not likely to have occurred by chance.
significant
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Theories are ____________ of facts or events.
explanations
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With a scientific attitude, there is ____________ or _____________about theories until they have been scientifically tested.
doubt, skeptism
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A universal statement is a statement that applies to _____________ circumstance.
every
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When every person in the universe or population has an equal chance of being interviewed in a survey, this is called ______________ sampling.
random
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"Most evangelical/born again Christians vote Republican" is a __________________ statement.
probalistic
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A control group is used for _____________.
comparision
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A ___________statement is a statement that applies to some proportion of circumstances.
null
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Those in a sample are chosen to represent the ______________ of a larger group.
opinions
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The _____________ is the whole group about which information is desired.
universe
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In a random sample, each person in the universe has an ______________chance of being selected in the sample for interviewing.
equal
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Sampling error is the range of responses in which a ____________ percent chance exists that the sample reflects the universe.
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The halo effect is the tendency of respondents to give "_____________" responses to pollsters.
"good citizen"
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Field research is directly observing _______________.
social behavior
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_______________ issues are those that people have thought the most about and hold strong and stable opinions on.
Salient
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A ___________ is an unprofessional pollster who asks "loaded" or "leading" questions simple to produce results favorable to his political candidates or side of an argument.
push poller
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In-depth investigation of a particular event in order to understand it as fully as possible is a/an _____________.
case study
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Data used by social scientist that has been collected by other organizations, government agencies, or researchers is _________________________.
secondary source data
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